carob
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- noun
- /ˈkɛrəb/
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- She wanted it to be once again as she had remembered it in her childhood, chasing lambs through the carob trees, dressing up for Purim parades, or lying out under the stars on summer nights.
- carob tree
And so if you, if you distill long path down to like a sentence is what you are doing planting A carob tree or not?
- And so if you, if you distill long path down to like a sentence is what you are doing planting A carob tree or not?
Examples
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Sunlight flooded our small, third-floor apartment, and sparrows were busy chattering in the carob tree outside the kitchen window.
Fiction book (1995) -
We were hiding in the carob grove... ...and she's up in a tree.
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Many of the Close Congregation followed him up to the point of the large carob trees into which he disappeared.
Fiction book (1998) -
And so if you, if you distill long path down to like a sentence is what you are doing planting A carob tree or not?
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I could make out the shapes of large carob trees across the street and the neat little lawns of my neighbors.
Fiction book (2002) -
Carob prefers semi-arid subtropics and Mediterranean climates.
Blog text (1) -
Gibson talked about the origin of the unreleased song, "The Carob Trees" came after a visit to my friend Raul's family home in the countryside near Valencia, Spain.
Blog text (25) -
The carob tree is known for its long, edible pods that can be used as a chocolate substitute.
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In many Mediterranean diets, carob is preferred over chocolate due to its sweet, rich flavor.
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The bakery added carob powder to their recipes as a healthier alternative to traditional chocolate.
Synonyms
A Mediterranean evergreen tree with edible pods used instead of chocolate
A tree that keeps its leaves all year and makes sweet pods used like chocolate
An evergreen tree that grows in Mediterranean countries and makes sweet pods eaten like chocolate
A Mediterranean tree that always has green leaves and grows sweet edible pods used like chocolate
Compounds
An evergreen tree that grows in Mediterranean countries and makes sweet pods eaten like chocolate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carob comes from the Arabic word kharrub, meaning 'locust bean', and from the older Greek word keration, meaning 'little horn', because the long pod looks like a small horn. So carob is the name of the Mediterranean tree that produces those sweet, long pods.